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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
TOWN TREASURERS.
David Stearns, 1787 to 1826.
Gustavus D. Peck, 1826, '27, '33.
Samuel L. Scammell, 1828, '29.
John Claflin, jun., 1830, '31.
Lee Claflin, 1832.
Sullivan Sumner, 1837, '38. George Howe, 1839 to '42. John Mason, 1842 to '55. D. P. Walbridge, 1855. Leonard Hunt, 1856 to '59.
Sylvester Dean, 1834 to '37, '59 to '64. Ethan C. Claflin, 1864 to '81.
SELECTMEN.
I believe the law requires that boards of selectmen shall consist of not less than three members. Our common number has been five, with perhaps now and then less or more. As Milford was incorpo- rated in the midst of the Revolutionary War, two or three of the early boards of selectmen were constituted the town's "Committee of Correspondence," so called. All, or nearly all, the towns in the Commonwealth chose such a committee every year from the outbreak of that war to its close, the particular official duty of which was to consult and act in harmony against the common enemy. This under- stood, I will proceed, omitting titles, and putting the names abreast : - Jesse Whitney, 1780. Seth Thayer, 1784. Caleb Cheney, 1780, '88, '94.
Warfield Hayward, 1780.
Ebenezer Read, 1780.
Stephen Albee, 1780.
Gershom Nelson, 1781.
Samuel Warren, 1781, '86, '95.
Elias Penniman, 1781.
Aaron Merrifield, 1781.
Elijah Thayer, 1781, '94, '96, '97. Samuel L. Scammell, 1782.
Oliver Daniell, 1782, '87, '88, '91, '93, '96, '97, '98.
Adams Chapin, 1782, '89, '94, '96, 99, 1803.
Michael Madden, 1782.
David Stearns, 1782, '91, '93, '99, 1806, '10, '11, '15. Jona. Jones, 1783. John Robinson, 1783.
Noah Wiswall, 1783. Jesse Hayward, 1783.
Josiah Ball, jun., 1783, '91. Seth Nelson, 1784, '92.
Ephraim Chapin, 1784, '87, '88, '94, 1801. Ephraim Parkhurst, 1784. Abraham Jones, jun., 1784. Ichabod Thayer, 1785, '92, '98, 1800, '03, '12. Robert Corbett, 1785. Moses Chapin, 1785.
Nathl. Parkhurst, 1785, '91, '95, '99, 1800, '04, '05, '07, '13.
Daniel Wedge, 1785. John Chapin, 1786, '87. Mordecai Day, 1786. Daniel Hunt, 1786.
Benjamin Godfrey, 1786, '92, '98. Ebenr. Sumner, 1787.
Luke Kelley, 1787. Obadiah Wood, 1788. Amos Shepherdson, 1788.
Samuel Jones, 1789, '90, '95, '96, 1801, '02, '05, '08. Josiah Nelson, 1789. Darius Sumner, 1789, '90, '97.
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OUR SELECTMEN.
Jonas Parkhurst, jun., 1789, '93, '98. | Henry Nelson, 1815, '34, '35, '39, '41, Moses Gage, 1790. '53.
James Perry, 1790, '92, '99, 1800, '02, '06, '07, '10, '11.
Samuel Nelson, 1790, '95, 1801, '02, '04, '05, '08, '09. James Mellen, 1791, '93.
John Scammell, 1792.
Elihu Perry, 1793, 1805, '09, '14, '19.
Samuel Rockwood, 1794.
Nathl. Legg, 1795.
Josiah Nelson, jun., 1796. Ezekiel Jones, 1796, 1803.
Phinehas Davis, 1797.
John Dewing, 1797.
Ebenezer Sumner, jun., 1798, 1808, '13.
Edmund Bowker, 1799, 1811. George Kelley, 1800.
John Corbett, 1800, '10.
Hachaliah Whitney, 1801, '04, '08.
Robert Sanders, jun., 1801.
Pearley Hunt, 1802, '06, '09, '13, '14, '19, '20, '21.
Nathan Chapin, 1802. Abel Albee, 1803. David Jones, 1803. Daniel White, 1804.
Levi Chapin, 1804, '07, '12, '14, '15, '16.
John Claflin, jun., 1805, '09, '17, '18, '26, '28, '29, '31, '33.
Samuel Penniman, jun., 1805.
Zuriel Hayward, 1806, '12, '29, '30. Esek Green, 1807, '10, '12, '20, '23. Ezra Nelson, 1807, '13, '16, '20, '22, '25.
Ebenezer Hunt, 1808, '19, '21.
Amasa Parkhurst, 1809, '14, '19, '20, 23.
Ira Cleaveland, 1810, '28, '32, '34. Arial Bragg, 1811, '12, '15, '19, '20, '21, '22, '24. Abner Pond, 1811. Ithiel Parkhurst, 1813, '21, '24. Simeon Nelson, 1814. John Parkhurst, 1815, '32.
Rufus Thayer, 1816, '17, '26, '27, '33.
Sullivan Sumuer, 1816, '25, '34, '36, '42, '46, '49. Samuel Daniell, 1816, '26, '31. Nathan Wood, 1817, '18.
Amariah Daniels, 1817, '21, '22.
Otis Parkhurst, 1817, '37.
Artemas Thayer, 1818, '27, '31, '33.
Silas Parkhurst, 1818, '26, '29, '32. Alexander Cheney, 1818, '23.
Joel Day, 1822. Zenas Ball, 1822. John Wales, 1823.
Eli Chapin, 1823, '24, '28.
Gustavus D. Peck, 1824.
Luther Haven, 1824, '25.
Sylvester Dean, 1824, '39.
Clark Sumner, 1825, '35, '44.
Lee Claflin, 1826, '30, '34.
Samuel L. Scammell, 1827, '36. Amos Chapin, 1827.
Rufus Chapin, 1827. William Godfrey, 1828, '36, '38.
Eli Bowker, 1828. Clark Ellis, 1829, '31, '32, '34, '35, 47, '48. Moses Adams, 1829. Amasa Leland, 1830. Peter Rockwood, 1830. Samuel Warfield, jun., 1830.
Lovell Clark, 1831.
Lowell Fales, 1832, '33. Rufus Thayer, 2d, 1833. Aaron Claflin, 1835, '53. John Corbett, 1835, '43, '45, '60. John Mason, 1836, '39, '57. Hastings Daniels, 1836. Isaac Davenport, 1837, '38. John Cheney, 1837. Dana Perry, 1837. Adam Hunt, 1837, '43, '46. Ellis Sumner, 1838, '40, '43. Seth P. Carpenter, 1838, '44. Emory Walker, 1838.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
Dexter Walker, 1839.
Ziba Thayer, 1839, '54.
David S. Godfrey, 1840.
Orison Underwood, 1840. Chester Clark, 1840. Horatio N. Smith, 1840. Elmer Cobb, 1841.
Joel Holbrook, 1841.
George Hancock, 1841. Joseph Albee, 1841. Peter Corbett, 1842.
Jeremiah Kelley, 1842, '51.
Elias Whitney, 1842, '49, '50.
Willard Bragg, 1842.
Otis T. Nelson, 1843. Willard Haven, 1843, '50.
Hiram Hunt, 1844, '51.
Horace B. Hero, 1844, '48, '50.
Whitman V. Cook, 1844.
Andrew J. Sumner, 1845, '48, '54, 58, '59, '63. Ira Wight, 1845.
Stephen Cook, 1845.
Elbridge G. Cook, 1845, '64.
Alfred Bragg, 1846, '47.
Martin Fletcher, 1847.
Waldo C. Perry, 1849.
John McWales, 1851, '53, '56.
Appleton Bragg, 1852. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1852.
James H. Barker, 1852, '58, '59, '61, '67, '68, '72, '73.
Obed Daniels, 1854, '56, '58, '59, '61, '62, '63.
Samuel W. Hayward, 1855.
John G. Gilbert, 1855.
Seth C. Shepard, 1855, '60.
Artemas B. Vant, 1856, '57.
George B. Pierce, 1857, '61.
Zelek Darling, 1860.
George Jones, 1862.
Leonard Hunt, 1862, '63.
Henry O. Lothrop, 1864.
Zibeon C. Field, 1864,'65,' 66, '70, '71. John S. Mead, 1864, '65, '66, '70, "71, '78.
William S. Wilkinson, 1864.
James R. Davis, 1865, '66, '67, '71, '74, '75, '76, '80, 81. Albert C. Withington, 1867, '69, '72.
George B. Blake, 1868.
Lansford B. Felton, 1868.
Richard Carroll, 1869. Stephen J. Onion, 1869.
Albert M. Sumner, 1870.
Henry C. Scott, 1872, '73.
Zimri Thurber, 1873, '74, '75, '76.
James Bergin, 1874, '75, "77.
Lawrence Read, 1876.
Charles F. Chapin, 1877.
Joseph B. Bancroft, 1877, '78, '79. Isaac N. Davis, 1878.
Matthew P. Callanan, 1879, '80. Daniel J. Cronan, 1879, '80.
ASSESSORS.
Adams Chapin, 1780, '85, '89, '98, | Timothy Jones, 1783. 1801, '02, '06. Abraham Jones, jun., 1780, '81. Joseph Jones, jun., 1780. Daniel Wedge, 1780, '82.6
Jonathan Jones, 1780. Samuel Warren, 1780, '84. Amariah Frost, jun., 1781.
Nathaniel Parkhurst, 1781, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '09. Samuel Jones, 1782, '89, '93, 1803. Benjamin Godfrey, 1782, '90, '91, '92, '93, '99, 1800, '01.
Elias Penniman, 1783. Ebenezer Read, 1783. James Sumner, 1784.
David Stearns, 1784, '85, '86, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, '99, 1800, '02, '03, '04, '05, '08, '11, '13, '14, '19 Elijah Thayer, 1785. James Mellen, 1786. Josiah Ball, jun., 1786, '87. Caleb Boynton, jun., 1787. Ichabod Corbett, 1787, '88, '94.
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OUR ASSESSORS.
James Perry, 1788, 1804, '05, '09, | Dexter Walker, 1832. '12, '19, '20, '21.
Ichabod Thayer, 1790, '95, '96, 1811.
Ephraim Chapin, 1791, '92.
Darius Sumner, 1793.
Samuel Nelson, 1794, 1810, '12, '14. Robert Sanders, jun., 1794, '95, '96. Daniel White, 1795.
Samuel Penniman, jun., 1796, '97, 1811. Edmund Bowker, 1797.
Ebenezer McFarland, 1798, 1803, '08, '13.
Simeon Nelson, 1801, '02.
Pearley Hunt, 1804, '05, '07, '10, '12, '15, '21, '22. Ithiel Parkhurst, 1806, '23. David Jones, 1806.
John Claflin, jun., 1807, '26, '27, '28, '30, '31.
Ebenezer Hunt, 1807.
Levi Chapin, 1808, '09, '17, '18.
Arial Bragg, 1810, '14, '21, '23, '24, '38.
Esek Green, 1813. Alexander Cheney, 1815. Zuriel Hayward, 1816, '17.
Newell Nelson, 1815. Nahum Legg, 1816. Ethan Whitney, 1816. Gustavus D. Peck, 1817. Ellis Sumner, 1818, '24, '25, '41.
Samuel Daniell, 1818, '24, '28, '30. Henry Nelson, 1819, '20, '47, '49, '52.
Amasa Parkhurst, 1820. Samuel Leeds, 1822, '23. Lee Claflin, 1822. Joseph Webb, 1825. Artemas Thayer, 1826. William Godfrey, 1826, '27, '29, '31, '32.
Eleazer Parkhurst, 1825. Isaac Davenport, 1827, '28, '29, '30, '32, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37, '38, '43, '46, '48. Eli Chapin, 1829, '31.
Clark Ellis, 1833, '40.
Henry Chapin, 1833, '57. Otis Parkhurst, 1834.
Sylvester Dean, 1834. Sullivan Sumner, 1835, '36.
George Howe, 1835. Elmer Cobb, 1836.
Hiram Hunt, 1837.
Waldo C. Perry, 1837. Jeremiah Kelley, 1838. Maynard Bragg, 1839.
Peter Corbett, 1839.
Orison Underwood, 1839, '45.
John Corbett, 1840, '48, '53, '54, '55, 57. Isaac C. Haven, 1840.
John Erskine, 1841, '44, '45, '47, '49, '50.
Simpson Bixby, 1841, '42, '51, '52.
Seth P. Carpenter, 1842, '43. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1842.
Oliver B. Parkhurst, 1843.
Andrew J. Sumner, 1844, '46, '50, '51, '56, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79.
Elias Whitney, 1844, '54.
Albert Hunt, 1845.
John McWales, 1846, '48. Leander Holbrook, 1847.
Charles F. Chapin, 1849, '52, '56, '57, '58, '59, '61, '62, '63, '68, '69. Samuel W. Hayward, 1850, '51, '55. John Mason, 1853. Clark Sumner, 1853. Zelek Darling, 1854. Alexander T. Wilkinson, 1855, '63, '64. Edward Woods, 1856.
James H. Barker, 1858, '60, '62, '65, '66, '67, '70, '78. Leonard Hunt, 1858, '59, '60, '61, '66. George Jones, 1859. Henry O. Lothrop, 1860. Daniel S. Chapin, 1861, '62. Seth C. Shepard, 1863.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
Homer T. Ball, 1864, '65.
Lloyd H. Cook, 1864.
Albert C. Withington, 1865.
Lewis Fales, 1866.
Lansford B. Felton, 1867, '68.
Isaac N. Crosby, 1867, '72.
James H. Putnam, 1868, '70.
Jeremiah F. Curran, 1869.
Charles Leland, 1869.
Almon Thwing, 1870, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, '76, "77. John Pratt, 1871. Henry S. Bacon, 1873.
Lawrence Read, 1874, '75.
Patrick McGarry, 1876, '77, '78, '79. Benjamin Ward, 1879.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
I do not find any officials bearing this title till the year 1826. I presume the oversight of the poor may have been taken at one time by the wardens, at others by special committees, but generally by the selectmen, previous to the year above named. But at that time, when the town's Poor Farm, or Asylum, had been established, it was deemed advisable to have a Board of Overseers. It was voted not to choose any in 1839 and 1840. But with these exceptions, I believe the succession has been regular.
Eli Chapin, 1826, '27.
Ira Cleaveland, 1826, '27, '29, '42. Amasa Leland, 1826, '27, '28, '31, '33, '34.
Artemas Thayer, 1828, '29.
Lee Claflin, 1828, '30, '31. John Claflin, jun., 1829, '32, '33, '47. Nathan Wood, 1830. Rufus Thayer, 1830, '47.
Samuel L. Scammell, 1831.
Zuriel Howard, 1832.
Chester Clark, 1832, '33, '34, '35, '36, '37.
Ebenezer Hunt, 1834. Clark Ellis, 1835.
Otis Parkhurst, 1835, '41.
Clark Sumner, 1836.
John Corbett, 1836. Elmer Cobb, 1837. Hastings Daniels, 1837. Thomas Thaine, 1838.
Leonard Chapin, 1838, '42, '53, '54, '55, '57, '59, '60, '61. Jesse Whitney, 1838. Henry Ball, 1841. Albert Newhall, 1841. Arial Bragg, 1842.
John Erskine, 1843, '44. Henry Nelson, 1843, '47. Theron Holbrook, 1843, '54. Cyrus Ballou, 1844, '45, '48, '49. Orison Underwood, 1845. George Hancock, 1845, '65, '66. Isaac Davenport, 1846. John Goldsmith, 1846.
Parmenas P. Parkhurst, 1846. John Mason, 1848, '49, '53, '56. Stephen Cook, 1848.
George W. Stacy, 1849. Otis T. Nelson, 1850, '51.
Charles Leland, 1850, '51.
Henry Chapin, 1850, '51, '52, '53, '54, '58. David S. Godfrey, 1852.
Augustus Thayer, 1852.
Martin Fletcher, 1855. Ziba Parkhurst, 1855.
.Oliver B. Parkhurst, 1856. Lyman Maynard, 1856.
John N. Lilley, 1857, '71, '72. Leonard Hunt, 1857. Nathan Doty, 1858.
Jonathan Bliss, jun., 1858.
Bainbridge Hayward, 1859, '60, '61.
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REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT.
Elias Whitney, 1859, '60, '61, '62, | John Madden, 2d, 1868, '69, '70, '73,
'63, '64, '65, '66, '67, '68, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, "76, '77, '78.
Richard Carroll, 1862, '63, '64, '65, '66, '67. William H. Saddler, 1862, '63.
Willard Bragg, 1864.
Lansford B. Felton, 1867, '68.
'74, '75, '76, '77, '78, '79, '80. Oren S. Wheeler, 1869.
Benjamin H. Montague, 1869, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74, '75, "76.
David Nelson, 1877, '78.
Chester L. Clark, 1879.
George F. Birch, 1880.
Passing over all the remaining grades of common town officers, I will next present our succession of
REPRESENTATIVES TO GENERAL COURT.
None chosen till 1784.
Ichabod Thayer, 1784, '85.
David Stearns,1 1787, '88, '89.
Samuel Jones, 1791 to 1812, 21 suc- cessive years ; also 1814.
Pearley Hunt, 1813, '15, '16, '21, '22, '23.
Esek Green, 1819.
John Claflin, jun., 1826, '29, '30.
Samuel L. Scammell, 1827, '30. Newell Nelson, 1831.
Henry Nelson, 1831, '35, '38.
William Godfrey, 1832.
Isaac Davenport, 1832.
Albert A. Cooke, 1863.
James R. Davis, 1863.
Zibeon C. Field, 1864, '65.
Joseph B. Bancroft, 1864. Joseph Hancock, 1865. George W. Stacy, 1866.
James H. Putnam, 1866. Isaac H. Stearns, 1867.
Alfred A. Burrill, 1868.
Thomas G. Kent, 1868. Bainbridge Hayward, 1869, '70.
Nelson Parkhurst, 1840. Jeremiah Kelley, 1841. Elmer Cobb, 1842.
Adam Hunt, 1843. Alfred Bragg, 1844, '45, '47, '50. -
Waldo C. Perry, 1846. Horace B. Hero, 1848, '52, '55. Hiram Hunt, 1850.
Charles F. Chapin, 1851. Herman H. Bowers, 1854.
Aaron C. Mayhew, 1856, '62.
John S. Scammell, 1857.
Andrew J. Sumner, 1857, '59.
Elbridge Mann, 1858.
James H. Barker, 1858, '59.
Henry O. Lothrop, 1860, '61, '62.
Daniel S. Chapin, 1860.
Charles F. Claflin, 1861.
Rufus Thayer, 1834. Lee Claflin, 1834. Aaron Claflin, 1835. Sullivan Sumner, 1836. John Corbett, 1836. Ellis Sumner, 1837. Otis Parkhurst, 1837. Arial Bragg, 1838. John Mason, 1889. Peter Corbett, 1839.
Lawrence Read, 1870, '73.
George B. Blake, 1871, '72, '73. Henry C. Skinner, 1872. James Bergin, 1874.
George G. Parker, 1875.
1 Mr. Stearns received written instructions on certain points of duty drawn up by a special committee of seven citizens, which the Town voted should be read in Gen. Ct. That committee consisted of James Sumner, Ebenr. Holbrook, Daniel Wedge, Ephraim Chapin, Oliver Daniell, Timothy Jones, and Noah Wiswall. Those instructions probably related to constitutional matters.
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HISTORY OF MILFORD.
William H. Cook, 1876, '77.
Augustus S. Tuttle, 1876. Isaac N. Crosby, 1878.
Silas W. Hale, 1880. -
Charles W. Wilcox, 1880.
It should be understood that the year, in all the cases above speci- fied, designates the date of election, not always the year of service. For a long time the political year commenced in May, and the repre- sentatives were chosen in May to serve till the next May ; but when the political year was constitutionally changed so as to commence in January, the representatives, as well as governor, etc., were elected in November to serve till the next November. Some years the Town voted not to send, and in a few instances no choice could be made for lack of a majority over all ; but in 1857 the law making plurality elect came into force. Several changes of constitution or statute have varied the number of representatives that could be sent, either on account of population, or districting with other towns. Hence Mil- ford has sent some years only one, and in others two. I mention these facts that my list of names and dates may not be misunder- stood.
DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, ETC.
Perhaps I ought to include, under this head, delegates or agents sent to certain consultive conventions, mostly held in Worcester County, immediately following the Revolution, before the new order of things had become fully established. Those were times of dread- ful financial embarrassment and distress, on account of paper-money depreciation, high taxes, and the almost utter impossibility of en- during the public burdens. The Shays insurrection was an outbreak caused by these troubles. Hence our Town chose Jonathan Jones, April 2, 1781, " an agent " to sit in a convention to be held on the first Wednesday of that month, " then and there to consider and determine on the merits and grounds of the present uneasiness in the minds of the people of this county, and adopt such measures as may then appear proper." April 15, 1782, Daniel Wedge was chosen for a similar purpose, Aug. 10, 1786, Ephraim Chapin was chosen dele- gate to a like convention at Leicester. Nov. 13, 1786, " voted that Lt. Ephraim Chapin, delegate to convention, use his influence for a State convention." "Voted that said Chapin lay the proceedings of the convention before the Town before they are laid before the Legis- lature of this Commonwealth." Jan. 19, 1787, " voted to continue the delegate to convention." Town action and representation of this nature continued till the Shays insurrection had passed completely away.
yours truly, Williame belaflins
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OUR MORE DISTINGUISHED OFFICERS.
Next came the struggle for and against the adoption of the Federal Constitution. For some reasons, which I cannot understand, Mil- ford, like many other towns of the Commonwealth, set its face in determined opposition to the adoption of that Constitution. The convention to consider it was appointed to meet in Boston, on the second Wednesday of January, 1788. The Town chose David Stearns, then its representative in General Court, to sit as its delegate in the State convention. He was chosen Dec. 17, 1787. On that day the Town raised a committee of seven to report what instructions ought to be given Mr. Stearns. It consisted of Daniel Wedge, James Sum- ner, Ephraim Chapin, Samuel Jones, Timothy Jones, Luke Kelley, and Oliver Daniell. Pending the committee's deliberation, the Town adjourned to landlord Robinson's till 6 P.M. The committee reported that the proposed constitution ought to be rejected, and the delegate instructed accordingly ; which was adopted and confirmed by vote of the Town, probably unanimous. So we will set down, -
David Stearns, chosen Dec. 17, 1787, to sit in State convention on Federal Constitution, 1788.
Esek Green, chosen Oct. 16, 1820, to sit in State convention on State Con- stitution, 1820.
Orison Underwood, chosen March 7, 1853, to sit in State convention on State Constitution, 1853.
SENATORS IN GENERAL COURT.
Arial Bragg, 1843. Joseph Whitman, 1854. Albert A. Cooke, 1855.
Winslow Battles, 1861, '64. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1877, '78.
GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL, UNDER GOV. BANKS. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1860, '61.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR. Aaron C. Mayhew, 1872, Grant and Wilson ticket.
GOVERNOR, AND REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
I presume it can do no one any harm to credit Milford with having bred William Claflin, Governor 1869, '70, '71, and M.C. 8th district 1876, '78, etc.
THE JUDICIARY BENCH.
I may with equal propriety add another of our natives, many years resident in Middlesex County, where he was a judge, and who was
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made Chief Justice of Suffolk County Superior Court in 1855; viz., Albert Hobart Nelson, then of Woburn.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Edward Rawson
Amariah Frost, jun. .
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. Gov. John Brooks, June 10, 1819. Gov. Levi Lincoln, June 8, 1826. .
Gov. Caleb Strong, Feb. 19, 1805. .
Gov. Elbridge Gerry, Feb. 16, 1811. .
Gov. John Brooks, Jan. 26, 1818.
Gov. William Eustis, Jan. 17, 1825. ·
Gov. Levi Lincoln, Jan. 6, 1832. .
Gov. Edward Everett, Jan. 4, 1839.
· Gov. John Brooks, Oct. 13, 1819.
.Gov. Levi Lincoln, Sept. 1, 1826,
. Gov. Levi Lincoln, Aug. 27, 1833.
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Gov. Edward Everett, Sept. 29, 1837. #
. Gov. George N. Briggs, Aug. 27, 1844.
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Gov. George S. Boutwell, Sept. 16, 1851.
.Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Sept. 9, 1858.
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Gov. John A. Andrew, Aug. 9, 1865.
Gustavus D. Peck
Gov. John Brooks, July 3, 1822. . . Gov. John Brooks, Jan. 17, 1823.
. Gov. Levi Lincoln, Jan. 6, 1830.
Gov. Edward Everett, Jan. 6, 1837. . Gov. Marcus Morton, Jan. 1, 1844. .
Newell Nelson .
. Gov. Levi Lincoln, Jan. 30, 1830.
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· renewed · Gov. Edward Everett, Jan. 6, 1837.
Samuel L. Scammell
renewed
. Gov. Marcus Morton, Jan. 26, 1840.
Gov. John Davis, Aug. 24, 1841.
Isaac Davenport . 66 renewed
.
. Gov. George N. Briggs, June 1, 1848.
. Gov. Marcus Morton, March 18, 1843.
Ellis Sumner . · renewed
COMMISSIONED BY
Gov. John Hancock, March 1, 1781. Gov. John Hancock, March 12, 1785. . Gov. John Hancock, June 22, 1791. . Lt. Gov. Moses Gill, July 16, 1799.
. Gov. Samuel Adams, March 2, 1797.
. Gov. Caleb Strong, Jan. 20, 1804. . Gov. Elbridge Gerry, Feb. 5, 1811. Gov. Caleb Strong, Aug. 23, 1804. Gov. Caleb Strong, July 3, 1812.
Nathaniel Parkhurst Pearley Hunt .
·
renewed
John Claflin, jun. ·
renewed
. Gov. George N. Briggs, Feb. 6, 1844.
Gov. John Brooks, June 14, 1821.
renewed .
renewed
66
66
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Gov. Marcus Morton, Jan. 1, 1844. Gov. Levi Lincoln, April 11, 1833.
. Gov. George N. Briggs, Feb. 6, 1850.
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66 66
.
423
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
John Erskine · renewed ·
Seth P. Carpenter . · renewed
John S. Scammell · renewed
66
66
Leander Holbrook · renewed
Sullivan Thayer
renewed .
66
Allyn Weston
.
Rufus Brewer . · Otis Parkhurst, jun. .
James T. Woodbury .
renewed
.
. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Jan. 19, 1859. . Gov. John A. Andrew, Dec. 29, 1865. . Gov. William B. Washburn, Dec. 10, 1872. . Gov. Emory Washburn, April 18, 1854. . Gov. John A. Andrew, April 3, 1861.
. Gov. Emory Washburn, July 7, 1854. . Gov. Emory Washburn, Oct. 2, 1854. . Gov. John A. Andrew, Oct. 7, 1861. . Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Oct. 5, 1868.
. . Gov. William Gaston, Oct. 7, 1875. . Gov. Emory Washburn, Dec. 29, 1854. . Gov. John A. Andrew, Dec. 11, 1861.
. Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Dec. 12, 1868. . Gov. William Gaston, Nov. 80, 1875.
. Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Oct. 23, 1855.
. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Feb. 2, 1859.
·
. Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Jan. 25, 1866.
Gov. William B. Washburn, Jan. 15, 1873.
Albert Newhall
.
George G. Parker
renewed
Gov. Marcus Morton, Jan. 1, 1844.
. Gov. George N. Briggs, Jan. 7, 1851. . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Jan. 1, 1858. . Gov. Marcus Morton, Jan. 1, 1844. . Gov. George N. Briggs, Jan. 7, 1851. . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Jan. 1, 1858. . Gov. George N. Briggs, Feb. 2, 1849.
. Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Jan. 25, 1856. · Gov. John A. Andrew, Feb. 4, 1863. . Gov. William Claflin, Feb. 1, 1870.
. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Jan. 30, 1877. . Gov. George N. Briggs, Oct. 2, 1849. . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Oct. 29, 1856. Gov. John A. Andrew, Nov. 14, 1863. . Gov. William Claflin, Nov. 4, 1870.
. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Nov. 7, 1877. . Gov. George N. Briggs, Nov. 5, 1850. . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Oct. 29, 1857. . Gov. John A. Andrew, Nov. 15, 1864: Gov. George N. Briggs, Nov. 5, 1850. ·
. Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Oct. 29, 1857.
renewed · . Gov. George S. Boutwell, Feb. 26, 1851. ·
. Gov. George S. Boutwell, Dec. 19, 1851. . Gov. George S. Boutwell, Sept. 1, 1852. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Aug. 31, 1859. Gov. John H. Clifford, Feb. 17, 1853. .
Aaron C. Mayhew . renewed
Lyman Maynard
renewed .
Edward Ross
.
Charles F. Chapin
renewed
66
Orison Underwood . renewed
66
Thomas G. Kent · . renewed .
66
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Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Jan. 26, 1856. . . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Oct. 29, 1856.
. Gov. John A. Andrew, Oct. 28, 1863.
424
HISTORY OF MILFORD.
George G. Parker, renewed
Andrew J. Sumner . ·
. Gov. William Claflin, Oct. 25, 1870. . Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Oct. 9, 1877. . . Gov. Henry J. Gardner, Feb. 12, 1857.
renewed . Gov. John A. Andrew, May 12, 1864.
Lyman S. Clark
Henry L. Parker ·
Amos Holbrook
Charles A. Dewey, jun.
renewed
Dutee T. Aldrich
Abraham Mead, jun.
renewed .
Alvin G. Underwood
Lewis Fales
renewed ·
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.
Lloyd Halsey Cook .
.€ renewed James R. Davis · ¥ renewed
Lawrence Read .
James H. Barker .
Henry E. Fales
. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Sept. 7, 1876. Gov. William Claflin, April 13, 1870. Gov. William B. Washburn, Jan. 30, 1872. Gov. John A. Andrew, Feb. 2, 1864.
renewed .
. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Jan. 7, 1878.
James C. Lovering
Zibeon C. Field
Alexander T. Wilkinson . renewed William F. Draper
renewed .
D. Lucian Wilkinson .
Hamilton B. Staples . .
Dean F. Battles ·
Daniel Wright . .
Lewis Hayden . .
James E. Walker
. Gov. William Gaston, April 20, 1875. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, March 8, 1876.
Leander Holbrook, jun.
. Gov. Alexander H. Rice, Jan. 30, 1877.
Joseph H. Wood . Gov. Alexander H. Rice, April 17, 1877. .
Frank J. Dutcher
Lt. Gov. Thomas Talbot, June 23, 1874.
William M. Parker
.
Gov. Alexander H. Rice, June 29, 1877.
Perhaps some few more recent appointments.
Gov. William B. Washburn, Mar. 26, 1872. Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Feb. 14, 1866. .
Gov. William B. Washburn, Feb. 17, 1874.
. Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Oct. 1, 1866. . Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Jan. 4, 1868. . Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Fcb. 11, 1868. Gov. William B. Washburn, Jan. 29, 1873.
. Lt. Gov. Thomas Talbot, June 2, 1874.
Henry C. Scott
. Gov. William Claflin, April 24, 1871. Gov. Henry J. Garduer, Feb. 26, 1857. .
Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Dec. 30, 1858. · Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Feb. 15, 1859. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, March 29, 1859. Gov. John A. Andrew, July 16, 1861. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Nov. 22, 1859. Gov. Nathl. P. Banks, Feb. 7, 1860. . Gov. Alexander H. Bullock, Feb. 7, 1867. Gov. John A. Andrew, Feb. 26, 1861.
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